Chocolate Melange is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #cef |
| Complementary Color | #002133 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (20° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 10% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chocolate Melange Color. The Chocolate Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Black Chocolate (#441100) for more calm effect. Try 90% Cocoa as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#002133 is the best complementary color to Chocolate Melange. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #310 complementary color is Daintree, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #330008 and #332a00. Thus found on the left and right of #310 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Temptress and Cola colors as they work well with Chocolate Melange.
The split-complementary Chocolate Melange palette consists of #000833 and #00332a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#002133). Try Stratos and Deep Teal colors in combination with #310, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #310 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chocolate Melange. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chocolate Melange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Daintree, Deep Fir, and Mardi Gras split by 90° on the color wheel. #310 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chocolate Melange tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#002133) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Toledo – 120° from the complementary Daintree. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #031 and #330021.
In a RGB color space, hex #331100 is made of 75% red, 25% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Chocolate Melange has a hue angle of 20°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 10%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #331100 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 20% yellow and 80% black ink.
| HEX | #331100 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(51,17,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 75%, 25%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 13.33, 20, 80 |
| HSL | hsl(20,100%,10%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(20,100%,20%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(9.8349,15.8638,15.0871) |
| XYZ | xyz(1.5657,1.1047,0.1307) |